ATLANTA — This time, Jalen Hurts saved Alabama. Here are three thoughts from an SEC championship for the ages that ended with one of the best teammates in college football history leading his team to a 35–28 win.
1. In the same stadium where he was yanked at halftime of the national title game in favor of Tua Tagovailoa—and against the same opponent—Hurts relieved an injured Tagovailoa and led the Crimson Tide to a victory that gave Alabama its sixth SEC title of the Nick Saban era and all but clinched the Crimson Tide’s fifth College Football Playoff berth in five years.